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Definition of 'tongue'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) tongue
a movable organ in the floor of the mouth, functioning in tasting, eating, and, in humans, speaking.

2.  tongue
the tongue of an animal, as an ox or sheep, used for food, often prepared by smoking or pickling.

3.  tongue
the faculty or power of speech.

4.  tongue
manner or character of speech:
a flattering tongue.

5.  tongue
the language of a particular people, region, or nation.

6.  tongue
(in the Bible) a people or nation distinguished by its language.

7.  tongue
tongues, speech, often incomprehensible, typically uttered during moments of religious ecstasy.

8.  tongue
a strip of leather or other material under the lacing or fastening of a shoe.

9.  tongue
a piece of metal suspended inside a bell that strikes against the side, producing a sound; clapper.

10.  tongue
a vibrating reed or similar structure in a musical instrument.

11.  tongue
the pole extending from a carriage or other vehicle between the animals drawing it.

12.  tongue
a projecting strip along the center of the edge of a board, for fitting into a groove in another board.

13.  tongue
a narrow strip of land extending into a body of water; cape.

14.  tongue
the pin of a buckle, brooch, etc.

15. (v.t.) tongue
to articulate (tones played on a clarinet, trumpet, etc.) by strokes of the tongue.

16.  tongue
to cut a tongue on (a board).

17.  tongue
to join or fit together by a tongue-and-groove joint.

18.  tongue
to touch with the tongue.

19.  tongue
to articulate or pronounce.

20.  tongue
Archaic.

21.  tongue
to reproach or scold.

22.  tongue
to speak or utter.

23. (v.i.) tongue
to tongue tones played on a clarinet, trumpet, etc.

24.  tongue
to project like a tongue.

25.  tongue
at or on the tip of one's or the tongue,

26.  tongue
on the verge of being said.

27.  tongue
eluding the memory but about to be recalled:
The answer is on the tip of my tongue.

28.  tongue
give tongue,

29.  tongue
(of a hound in fox hunting) to bay while following a scent.

30.  tongue
give tongue to, to utter; speak.

31.  tongue
hold one's tongue, to remain silent; refrain from speaking.

32.  tongue
(with) tongue in cheek, as a joke; ironically.

Etymology: (bef. 900; (n.) ME tunge, OE, c. OFris tunge, OS, ON

Definition of 'tongue'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) tongue, lingua, glossa, clapper
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity

2. (noun) natural language, tongue
a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language

3. (noun) tongue, knife
any long thin projection that is transient
"tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"

4. (noun) tongue
a manner of speaking
"he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue"

5. (noun) spit, tongue
a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea

6. (noun) tongue
the tongue of certain animals used as meat

7. (noun) tongue
the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot

8. (verb) clapper, tongue
metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side

9. (verb) tongue
articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments

10. (verb) tongue
lick or explore with the tongue

Definition of 'tongue'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) tongue
the long soft thing in your mouth
Your tongue helps you speak and eat.

2. tongue
a language
a foreign tongue

Definition of 'tongue'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) tongue
an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch

2. (noun) tongue
the power of articulate utterance; speech

3. (noun) tongue
discourse; fluency of speech or expression

4. (noun) tongue
honorable discourse; eulogy

5. (noun) tongue
a language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue

6. (noun) tongue
speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions

7. (noun) tongue
a people having a distinct language

8. (noun) tongue
the lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk

9. (noun) tongue
the proboscis of a moth or a butterfly

10. (noun) tongue
the lingua of an insect

11. (noun) tongue
any small sole

12. (noun) tongue
that which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form

13. (noun) tongue
a projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance

14. (noun) tongue
a projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove

15. (noun) tongue
a point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake

16. (noun) tongue
the pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked

17. (noun) tongue
the clapper of a bell

18. (noun) tongue
a short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces

19. (noun) tongue
same as Reed, n., 5

20. (verb) tongue
to speak; to utter

21. (verb) tongue
to chide; to scold

22. (verb) tongue
to modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments

23. (verb) tongue
to join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together

24. (verb) tongue
to talk; to prate

25. (verb) tongue
to use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments

Translation of 'tongue'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the fleshy organ inside the mouth, used in tasting, swallowing, speaking etc The doctor looked at her tongue.
Afrikaans: tong	Arabic: لِسان	Bulgarian: език
Brazilian: língua	Czech: jazyk	German: die Zunge
Danish: tunge	Greek: γλώσσα (ανθρώπινο όργανο)	Spanish: lengua
Estonian: keel	Farsi: زبان	Finnish: kieli
French: langue	Hebrew: לָשוֹן	Hindi: जीभ
Croatian: jezik	Hungarian: nyelv	Indonesian: lidah
Icelandic: tunga	Italian: lingua	Japanese: 舌
Korean: 혀	Lithuanian: liežuvis	Latvian: mēle
Malay: lidah	Dutch: tong	Norwegian: tunge
Polish: język	Persian: زبان	Pashto: ژبه، دغوښې ټوټه: وينا، ژب
Portuguese: língua	Romanian: limbă	Russian: язык
Slovak: jazyk	Slovenian: jezik	Serbian: jezik
Swedish: tunga	Thai: ลิ้น	Turkish: dil
Taiwanese: 舌頭	Ukrainian: язик	Urdu: زبان، جيب
Vietnamese: lưỡi	Chinese: 舌头
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